I would soak my rat's cages in the shower with it full blast hot for 30 mins, scrub for 5 mins with human antibacterial soap and a brush then rinse the suds off quick and back in the rats went... (well, dried off with paper towel as well)

I always figured that if the CMA recommended that people just used proper hand washing techniques they wouldn't need 'disinfectants' and 'antibacterial' hand sanitizers that it would be good enough for the rats...

I got one of them that was prone to tumors from the day I took her in so I was always worried about using any chemicals in her tub.... The half hour shower always did the cleaning part for me anyway!

I used a bleach solution for the snake's enclosure so far, but it may also get the 30 min blast of steaming water in the future.